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MALBY & C.O Houghton Stre. Newcastle St. Strand 1842
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MALBY & Co., London, 1842
MALBY & C.O Houghton Stre. Newcastle St. Strand 1842
A fine 4.5cm. diameter miniature terrestrial globe made up of twelve colour printed gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the Greenwich meridian ungraduated, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the continents with nation states variously and brightly coloured and showing rivers, mountains, towns, and the Chinese Wall (neatly repaired ssmall damage to Atlantic, some small areas of discolouration, otherwise very clean) with two steel axis pins, in the associated turned mahogany box with knop lid
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MALBY & C.
A fine 4.5cm. diameter miniature terrestrial globe made up of twelve colour printed gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the Greenwich meridian ungraduated, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the continents with nation states variously and brightly coloured and showing rivers, mountains, towns, and the Chinese Wall (neatly repaired ssmall damage to Atlantic, some small areas of discolouration, otherwise very clean) with two steel axis pins, in the associated turned mahogany box with knop lid
See colour illustration and detail
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.